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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.plan.ExprNodeNullDesc;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.PrimitiveObjectInspectorFactory;

// This function will not be used currently, since the function expressions
// change the void to the first matching argument
/**
 * ExprNodeNullEvaluator.
 *
 */
public class ExprNodeNullEvaluator extends ExprNodeEvaluator {

  protected ExprNodeNullDesc expr;

  public ExprNodeNullEvaluator(ExprNodeNullDesc expr) {
    this.expr = expr;
  }

  @Override
  public ObjectInspector initialize(ObjectInspector rowInspector) throws HiveException {
    return PrimitiveObjectInspectorFactory.writableVoidObjectInspector;
  }

  @Override
  public Object evaluate(Object row) throws HiveException {
    return null;
  }

}